Summary Human cysticercosis is caused by the ingestion of eggs pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) (1). The ingested evolve into onconspheres that cross intestinal mucous membrane, distributing themselves to muscles, making man their intermediate host (3). condition rare systemic infestation known as disseminated cysticercosis.

Introduction: Soft tissue has a prominent role in diagnosis and treatment plan in orthodontics. Facial proportions are measurable on lateral cephalograms. The purpose of this study was to compare the means of the normal soft tissue proportions of babol people with the norms of Caucasians. Materials & Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 100 cases with normal occlusion and proportional facia...

This review concerning the status of taeniasis/cysticercosis in China has been compiled from various reports of studies conducted over the past 30 years, most of which have appeared in national publications in Chinese. Previous hospital reports and epidemiologic surveys have indicated that taeniasis/ cysticercosis has been distributed throughout 671 counties in 29 provinces or prefectures of Ch...

TOPIC: Critical Care TYPE: Fellow Case Reports INTRODUCTION: In endemic regions, 30% of patients presenting with epilepsy, have evidence neurocysticercosis. the US, between years 2003 and 2012, there were more than 18,000 hospitalizations for A study done in 2002 showed that IgG4 was found sera cerebral cysticercosis 97.8% time. Reliance on immunological assays holds importance due to lower cos...

CYSTICERCOSIS of the brain has been known for centuries and most of the earlier reports came from central Europe. MacArthur (1934) and Dixon and Hargreaves (1944) have aroused interest in the problem of cerebral cysticercosis recently. From India very many reports have been published about the cerebral manifestations of cysticercosis (Dogra and Ahern, 1935; Menon and Veliath, 1940; McRobert, 19...

Introduction: Cysticercosis is caused by the larval stage of Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm. It has a relatively high prevalence in developing countries because of the co-existence of poor sanitary conditions and domestic pig raising. However lingual cysticercosis is a very rare occurrence even in countries with very high prevalence of cysticerci infections. Case presentation: We report three...

INTRODUCTION Cysticercosis is a common tropical disease. One of the uncommon manifestations of cysticercosis is its disseminated form. CASE PRESENTATION We report an immunocompetent patient with disseminated cysticercosis, who had involvement of the brain, subcutaneous tissues, skeletal muscles, right orbit and thyroid gland. In addition, this patient developed a serum sickness which responde...

 Dental implants, as a result of their excellent success rates and advantages over fixed or removable methods, have become the optimal treatment for replacing missing teeth. Surgical and restorative techniques that can reduce the loss of hard and soft tissues that often accompany implant placement are desirable. Achieving an esthetic outcome in tooth replacement and implant treatment requires a...

the musculoskeletal extrapulmonary tuberculosis is uncommon, the upper extremity tuberculosis is not common and the mycobacterial involvement of skin of hands and synovial sheath of tendons is rare. this prospective observational study was undertaken between august  2014 and december 2015 in a tertiary referral hospital. patients attending with suspected primary tuberculosis of soft tissue of t...